New AHA maternal health resource focuses on heart health for pregnant women
Cardiovascular conditions are one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among pregnant women. AHA’s Better Health for Mothers and Babies initiative April 29 released a resource highlighting strategies hospitals are implementing to raise awareness and detect heart health needs early, during and after pregnancy.
Related News Articles
Headline
Health care organizations can create more inclusive, responsive and effective maternal health initiatives that address the unique challenges Black women…
Blog
Black women in the U.S. experience maternal mortality rates at nearly three times that of white women, regardless of income or education level. This…
Headline
Given the pressures of parenting, learn how health care organizations are supporting new moms to enable them to thrive at work, and most importantly, at home,…
Headline
Mounting pressures on the health care workforce have created a crisis with short-term staffing shortages and a long-range picture of an unfulfilled talent…
Headline
Kittitas Valley Healthcare in rural Washington state last year implemented an innovative new model for retaining essential obstetric and other women’s health…
Blog
Since 2018, Black Maternal Health Week has been a national observance from April 11–17. This annual observance was created by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance…